Author Archives: Jim deMaine

Pilot I’d fly with any day!

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Don’t miss this guitarist!

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: I love to listen to Julian. He literally can joyfully play anything. If you would eat dinner at the Opera, you may have heard him playing in the lobby area there. Thursday, July 30 at 1:30pm–Spotlight: Virtual Performance: … Continue reading →

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What’s a book?

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Ed Note: I remember my kids not knowing how to use the dial phone to call home from a neighbor’s house. It seemed funny at the time. I do hope the tech changes in our life bring more positives than … Continue reading →

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Social Distancing Is Not Enough

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Jim deMaine

In these two articles (see links below) from the Atlantic, it’s pointed out that the COVID-19 infection is passed person to person mainly in airborne respiratory droplets. Outdoors is much safer than indoors. Surfaces (elevator buttons for example) do not … Continue reading →

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What to do when you live alone

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Cool music station in the Delaware Valley

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Jim deMaine

WRDV-FM and WLBS-FM’s eclectic format serves up a delicious mix of twentieth century nostalgia. Click here to listen: http://www.wrdv.org/ We play everything from the old standards of the 20’s and 30’s, thru the Jazz Age, the Big Band era, and … Continue reading →

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Scully’s call of Gibson’s famous at bat – baseball remembered

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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‘Stay away.’ ‘Biggest petri dish in the world.’ The view from Canada, of us, isn’t so nice.

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

 By Danny Westneat  Seattle Times columnist Remember how people would joke about moving to Canada when things would go terribly, politically? Like, say, after America had invaded the wrong country. People here, especially liberal Seattle people, would vow: “That’s it, I’m … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian line dancing

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Rosemary W!

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How to fix your airplane when it loses a wheel

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks Sybil Ann!

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Why masks work!

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil Ann

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Obama Passes Cognitive Test by Reciting the First Fifty Digits of Pi

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. for finding this. WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Barack Obama recently passed a cognitive test that required him to recite the first fifty digits of pi, the former President has disclosed. Obama took the test voluntarily, he said, … Continue reading →

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Baseball history from 2020

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Jim deMaine

From historian Heather Cox Richardson (thanks to Mary Jane F) …..Major League Baseball reopened with the Washington Nationals playing the New York Yankees on their home field. Before the game, every player and every coach in the playing area held … Continue reading →

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A prayer for the times

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary M. for forwarding

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Acting too independent?

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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First Hill News

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Why Can’t Trump’s America Be Like Italy?

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Jim deMaine

By Paul Krugman in the NYT A few days ago The Times published a long, damning article about how the Trump administration managed to fail so completely in responding to the coronavirus. Much of the content confirmed what anyone following the debacle … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Update

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Dear world,

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Hang on Ruthie, hang on

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Wishing well for RBG, from Mary Jane F. Click here: https://youtu.be/bQ8JQGpsi4A

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Why some are protected

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sue H!

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Love and loss

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Linda W. Today is the birthday of choreographer Donald Byrd AND composer Emmanuel Witzthum. To celebrate, we’re sharing a full dress rehearsal recording of one of their collaborations: Love and Loss. This video is open to the public, so please … Continue reading →

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A legacy

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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The totem pole and the cedar tree

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Seven wonders of the world

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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